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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 1988
Filed:
Mar. 03, 1988
Lawrence J Muscato, Bolivar, NY (US);
The Air Preheater Company, Inc., Wellsville, NY (US);
Abstract
An element basket assembly (30) for a rotary regenerative heat exchanger (2) comprised of a plurality of heat transfer element plates (32) stacked in an array between first and second end plates (34,36) disposed at opposite ends of the stacked array of heat transfer element plates (32). Upper and lower side straps (40,42 and 50,52) run along opposite sides of the stacked array of heat transfer element plates, to interconnect the first and second end plates (34,36) to form the frame of the element basket housing the heat transfer element plates. A stiffening member (60) is disposed intermediate the spaced end plates (34,36) to extend transversely across the assembled element basket assembly in a plane through the centroid thereof to the interconnect the upper side straps (40,42) and to interconnect the lower side straps (50,52) thereby increasing the structural integrity of the basket assembly. An upper pair of laterally spaced lifting holes (70a, 70b) in an upper region of the stiffening member (60) and a lower pair of laterally spaced lifting holes (70c, 70d) in a lower region of the stiffening member (60) are provided to facilitate handling of the assembled element basket (30).